Crime Dashboard - Cowes
Victoria • Suburb • 2022-24
Crime summary
Crime rank by crime type
Percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Crime statistics summary
Crime | Count | Rate1 | Percentile2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 20 | 636 | 56 |
| motor vehicle | 39 | 500 | 28 |
| violent | 87 | 4,955 | 89 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
2 percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Surrounding areas
Crime trends
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Period comparisons
Crime | 2022-241 | 2020-221 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 636 | 931 | -31.7% |
| motor vehicle | 500 | 586 | -14.6% |
| violent | 4,955 | 6,061 | -18.3% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 31.7% to 636 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 14.6% to 500 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 18.3% to 4,955 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Area comparisons
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Comparative statistics
Crime | Cowes1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 636 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 500 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,955 | 2,865 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Cowes was 11.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 13.8% lower than the national average.
- around 56% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cowes.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cowes was 54.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 51.7% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cowes.
- the rate of violent crime in Cowes was 72.9% higher than the Victoria average, and was 75.1% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cowes.